Microsoft has released a whole batch of free Xbox Live Gamerpics for players to use on their profile.
From right now, you can get your hands on new pics from Minecraft, Killer Instinct, Quantum Break, Gears of War 4, Tom Clancy's The Division and a fair few others. All you need to do is hit up the profile customization page on...

Microsoft has confirmed that they'll be recycling almost one million Xbox Live Gamertags.
Users have been complaining for a while that a lot of the time, they've been unable to get the Gamertag that they want due to it already being in use. Sometimes, the tag would have been registered but then not used for absolutely years, but...

Microsoft have been throwing out half-announcements all week at GDC, indicating that July's E3 will be something to keep an eye on for sure. However, one proper announcement that the company has made is that they've created a system to allow developers to implement tournament play into their Xbox Live games.
The Xbox Live Tournament...

It just wouldn't be Christmas without massive discounts across the Xbox One and Xbox 360 digital stores. Microsoft has begun promoting such a thing on its official Xbox website that will kick off on December 22nd and run through until January 7th, 2016.
It's called the "Countdown" sale and — according to Microsoft —...

According to a promotional email sent out by Microsoft today to promote their E3 presser, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be in for a little surprise, in the form of some sort of an exclusive offer.
The text reads simply:
Gold members exclusive: For our Gold members, be sure to be on the lookout for a special exclusive.
Way to...

Back in the day - as most people know - Microsoft used a system called Microsoft Points for purchases over Xbox Live. Rather than spending actual currency amounts, you'd purchase an amount of points - either via Xbox Live or in card form - and pay for things with them.
When this system was retired, Microsoft announced that...

If your Xbox Live Gold subscription is close to expiring and you're looking for a good deal, then look no further than the Microsoft Store website. For a limited time only, you can save $20 and snag a 12 month Xbox Live code for only $39.99.
The standard $59.99 price was already a great value, which broke down to $5/month. The sale...

Before you can enter your first online match tomorrow in Evolve, you'll need to download a mandatory 3GB patch that will improve things like load times and bug fixes.
Turtle Rock Studios explained on their blog how they have learned a lot from the Big Alpha and Open Beta during the last few months;...

Actor Will Arnett (30 Rock, Arrested Development) has confirmed that he will star in a new series that will run on Xbox Live, entitled Game Chat.
Arnett Tweeted a link to a teaser trailer earlier, which sees him and three others sitting on a couch playing games, hitting each other with some corking one liners. We reckon...

The man who founded Xbox Live, Boyd Multerer, announced yesterday on Twitter his departure from Microsoft after working for them for 17 years. Multerer isn't quite ready to confirm what or where he will be heading to next, but his tweet does mention his readiness to "do something new."
Three years after joining...

Capcom has warned that the fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom Origins, will be pulled from Xbox Live in December.
Announced by Community Chief, Peter Rosa, via Capcom Unity, MVCO will be removed from both platforms by the of the year after being on the digital download services for only 2 years. Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins is a...

Since the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the introduction of the requirement for gamers on that console to subscribe to PlayStation Plus in order to play games online, Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold has been compared to Sony's effort more than ever before. They're essentially now equal in terms of the base services that they...

Last week, Ubisoft released the Hasbro Game Channel app for Xbox One, which gives players access to new digital versions of Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Boggle, and Risk as and when they're released.
Trivial Pursuit Live!, Boggle and Risk are coming soon, but in the US, the Monopoly Family Fun Pack was made available for...

Forza Horizon 2 and FIFA 15 will be available for pre-order and pre-install ready for their respective official release dates.
The news came during Phil Spencer's closing speech at the end of Microsoft's Gamescom 2014 media briefing.
You have told us you want more choice on how you purchase games and we are delivering. We are...

While the connectivity issues Microsoft's been having lately seem to have been solved for Xbox One users (knock on wood), the problems only seem to be growing for the Xbox 360. Today, reports of Xbox 360 gamers not even being able to boot up their games and applications are streaming in. Instead of their games loading, all they...

Following up from our recent report regarding the Xbox Live service alert, the majority of Xbox Live services have been fully restored and Microsoft has lowered the alert level.
At the time of writing, Xbox Live is sitting in the recovery ward, after experiencing connectivity issues with Xbox Video and Xbox Music stores...

Microsoft has officially acknowledge what everyone has been complaining about for most of the day: Xbox Live is having some serious issues.
At the time of writing, the Xbox Live Status page is showing that you'll be unable to browse the Xbox Video and Xbox Music stores on non-Xbox device, but on Xbox One and...

"Microsoft will continue to vigorously innovate and delight gamers with Xbox," wrote Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today in an email to employees. He also considers the "single biggest digital life category, measured in both time and money spent, in a mobile-first world" just so happens to be the industry we love to...

Microsoft has issues an Xbox Live service alert and are currently working to resolve issues with connectivity and other services.
The news came when Microsoft issued the alert via their support page over the weekend, acknowledging problems with "Downloading items that you have already purchased" and limited playback functionality...

Microsoft is looking to shake things up in regards to the Xbox Live Gold paywall requirements, if "multiples sources within Microsoft" are to be believed.
Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft may be lifting the Gold requirement to use video streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and other...